The event started with a minute of silence for Atta Elayyan and the other victims of the Christchurch terror attacks on March 15. Elayyan is one of CIO50 leaders and he was cited for his work as CEO of LWA Solutions. Murray Will, founder of Maxsys, led the tribute

Dr Marcus Blosch, research VP at Gartner, spoke about the CIO agenda for 2019 and beyond

Mike Bullock, general manager, public sector sales at Datacom, spoke about the frameworks organisations are using to boost productivity and innovation

Andrew Hurt, managing director, Australia and New Zealand for Poly, discussed creating workspaces and equipping these with technologies and tools to help people collaborate and become more productive

Lani Evans, manager Vodafone New Zealand Foundation and Andrew Sutherland of Zeal receive the award for best ICT-enabled community programme

Christina Bellis, CEO of ThankYou Payroll, receives the highly commended award for best ICT-enabled community programme

Mike Bullock of Datacom, Paul Littlefair of LIC, number 2 in the CIO 50 list, and Divina Paredes of CIO NZ.

(From right) Stella Ward, chief digital officer, Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards and number 9 in the CIO50, with Divina Paredes of CIO NZ and Mike Bullock of Datacom

Nilesh Bhuthadia represented Kevin Drinkwater, Mainfreight CIO, who is number 1 in the inaugural CIO50 in New Zealand. The research is held in conjunction with CIO50 in Australia. Together, the executives in these lists comprise the first batch of CIO100 ANZ leaders

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